Simplify Ratio
Problem-solving with Ratio
Proportional Division
Scale
Random Ratio Question
100

28:24

7:6

100

The mother bear is fed 4 fish for every 2 fish that her cub is fed. How many fish

would the cub get if the mother is fed: 10 fish?

5

100

Roy owns Randall and Jersey cattle breeds in the ratio of 6 : 5. If he has a total of 242 cattle on his farm, how many Randall cattle and how many Jersey cattle does he own?

132 Randall cattle and 110 Jersey cattle

100

On a treasure map of the school I am using 1cm for every 10m. The school is 50m wide. How wide would the school be on my treature map?

5 cm

100

Colour in 1 in every 3 apple below. How many coloured apple in every 6?

2 apples
200

15:3:9

5:1:3

200

To make 3/4 litre of jam, I use 45 strawberries.

How many strawberries do I need to make 2 litres?

120 strawberries

200

Joanna is reading a storybook. The ratio of the number of pages she read to the pages that remain to be read is 7 : 3. If the book contains 500 pages in all, how many pages did Joanna read and how many pages remain to be read?

She read 350 pages and150 pages remain to be read.

200

A cartographer creates a map with a scale factor of 1 cm = 7.48 km. The distance between Edinburgh and Glasgow is 10 cm on the map. Determine the actual distance between the two cities.

74.8 km

200

Carry on this sequence of ratios: 3:4, 6:8, 9:12,

12:16

300

There are 28 zedonks and 56 zorses at the Zebra Zoo. What is the ratio of

zedonks to zorses in its simplest form? __________

1:2

300

There are 2 parents for every 7 students at the disco. How many parents are there?

12 parents

300

Bill receives his rst paycheck of 1,200 in July. He spends six parts and saves two parts. How much does he spend and what amount does he save?

Bill spends 900 and saves 300.

300

John, an architect, used a scale factor of 1 cm = 0.7 m to design a site plan. The actual car park has been designed to be 4.83 m long. Determine the length of the car park as depicted in the blueprint.

6.9 cm

300

Beef must be cooked for 40 minutes for every 1kg. How long would it take to cook 2 kgs?

80 mins or 1 hour 20 mins

400

In a zoo, there were 80 meerkats and 75 raccoons.

What is the ratio of meerkats to raccoons?

16:15

400

Balin got £1.20 pocket money and saved 40p. Thorin got £3 and saved £2.

Who saved the largest proportion of pocket money?

Thorin

400

Mr Ferguson, Miss Clampitt and Mrs Weber own 7, 5 and 2 parts of a business respectively. The business makes 8400 kr profit in a week. How much does each person get?

Mr Ferguson: 4200kr     

Miss Clampitt: 3000kr    

Mrs Weber: 1200kr

400

Scale factor : 1 cm = 0.75 m

Image of tree is 12cm. 

Actual height of the tree is?

9 m

400

I measured my stride when walking and found it to be 80cm. I then walked for 16m. How many strides would I have taken?

20 strides

500

In Y4, there are 24 children with black hair and 42 children with brown hair.

There are half as many children with blonde hair as there are with black hair.

What is the overall ratio of blond, black and brown hair colours in Y4 in its'

simplest form?

2:4:7

500

A printing press prints 120 sheets in 3 minutes. How many sheets are printed in 1 and half hours?

3600 prints

500

The total yield of wheat and corn from 8 acres of land is 32 Tons. If the ratio of the yield of wheat to corn is 5 : 3, how many tons did each crop yield?

20 tons of wheat and 12 tons of corn

500

Triangle A has the following mearurement: 5cm by 5cm by 6cm.

Triangle B has the one measurement missing: 10cm by 10 cm by _____.

What is the missing measurement?

12cm

500

I need to collect 66 stickers. Each bag of crisps contains 3 stickers.

How many six-pack bags will I need to buy?

How many bags will be left over? 

4 bags and 2 left over

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